Who's Driving Twitter's Popularity? Not Teenagers — Kristen Nagy, an 18-year-old from Sparta, N.J., sends and receives 500 text messages a day. But she never uses Twitter, even though it publishes similar snippets of conversations and observations. — “I just think it's weird …

Twitter's Golden Ratio (That No One Likes To Talk About) — If you're new to Twitter, life is easy. A notification comes in that someone is following you, and you probably follow them back. After all, you're going to want some tweets in your stream. After a couple dozen of those …

Twitter Exploit Still Works — Yesterday I posted an article about a serious vulnerability I found in Twitter. As it was a bit on the geeky side, it may well have gone over a few people's heads, so I thought I'd try to explain it in a bit more detail. Incidentally I don't think Twitter …

Facebook Screenshots Reveal Upcoming Features? — Screenshots posted in a note on the Facebook Design Page today may have revealed a little more than just the differences between rounded and square corners. — FBHive have noticed two mysterious new features on Facebook Product Designer Alexandre Roche's profile.

Nokia bets on Linux in iPhone battle: sources — HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj will try again to tackle Apple Inc's iPhone in the top-end of the handset market with a bet on Linux software, several industry sources told Reuters. — Top handset maker Nokia will show its first high-end phone running …

Mininova Ordered to Remove All ‘Infringing’ Torrents — Mininova were sued this spring by BREIN, an outfit which protects the rights of several large entertainment industry corporations. — Today, the judge ruled that the world's largest BitTorrent indexer has been ordered to clean …

Film Fresh to offer Hollywood movies in DivX — Online movie retailer Film Fresh announced today the availability of movies from four Hollywood studios in the DivX format, marking the latest step forward for the downloadable movie business. DivX had previously announced licensing agreements …

Microsoft “destroyed development culture” at FASA - Weisman — FASA Interactive founder Jordan Weisman has spoken out about Microsoft's acquisition of his highly-regarded studio, saying that the corporation “destroyed” its development culture and came close to doing the same with Halo developer Bungie.

Microsoft apologizes for race-swap photo incident — Microsoft apologized Tuesday for using photo editing techniques to change the race of a person depicted on the company's Web site. — In a photo on its U.S. Web site">photo on the company's U.S. Web site, three businesspeople—one black …

Sources: Apple to unveil new iPod lineup on September 9 — Apple currently plans to host a media event on Wednesday, Sept. 9 to introduce its 2009 iPod offerings and make a host of other music-related announcements, AppleInsider can independently confirm. — People familiar with the matter …

Microsoft files appeal in Word injunction case — Microsoft late Tuesday filed its formal appeal of a patent infringement case that threatens to halt sales of Word in its current form. — In May, a jury ordered Microsoft to pay $200 million for infringing on a patent held by Canada's I4i.

Texting While Driving: Are You an Offender? — For the growing number of tech companies developing safety measures for texting while driving, the reasons are often personal. — Zoomsafer — Matt Howard, a co-founder of Reston, Va.-based Zoomsafer, began work on the service after nearly hitting …